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Help 4g Service Map (WiMax)

marc12868 said:
So... Sprint now has WiMAX where I am according to that... Meh... Oh well HSPA is better than WiMAX IMO.

Edit: Also where did you get that list?
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That is not a complete list......

Look at Fl for instance. Those are small towns. You do not see Miami, Ft Lauderdale, West Palm Bch., or Orlando listed in which we have excellent Wimax coverage.

I do not know what that list is supposed to represent but it is NOT a complete list. Go to the VM coverage map for best results....
 
floridarick said:
That is not a complete list......

Look at Fl for instance. Those are small towns. You do not see Miami, Ft Lauderdale, West Palm Bch., or Orlando listed in which we have excellent Wimax coverage.

I do not know what that list is supposed to represent but it is NOT a complete list. Go to the VM coverage map for best results....
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I know that isn't a complete list... That list is the new towers only... That doesn't include the ones that are already existent. I'm with T-mo right now anyways so it really doesn't matter to me at this point anymore. Maybe if I knew VM was gonna get 4g and it was coming here I woulda stayed.
 
marc12868 said:
I know that isn't a complete list... That list is the new towers only... That doesn't include the ones that are already existent. I'm with T-mo right now anyways so it really doesn't matter to me at this point anymore. Maybe if I knew VM was gonna get 4g and it was coming here I woulda stayed.
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ok my bad...... I thought you were saying no coverage based on the list cause u asked about it.
 
I was looking at the voice coverage map just now. Has anyone driven through Montana with a vm phone? Is there seriously zero coverage there, even on the freeway? I'm not going there anytime soon, but I am a little surprised. In the mountains, sure, most of Montana, sure. On the freeway, nothing?
 
How does WiMAxx speeds compare to T-Mobiles HSPA+ speeds? I've heard that Wimaxx has the worst speeds of the four major carriers. Wanted to know cuz if I'm going to upgrade my phone to the Evo V and go onto the 35 plan I really want it to be worth it. The other option I'm considering is getting a Galaxy Nexus and moving to T-mobile 30 dollar plan. So how do the networks compare and the phones?
 
aa21 said:
How does WiMAxx speeds compare to T-Mobiles HSPA+ speeds? I've heard that Wimaxx has the worst speeds of the four major carriers. Wanted to know cuz if I'm going to upgrade my phone to the Evo V and go onto the 35 plan I really want it to be worth it. The other option I'm considering is getting a Galaxy Nexus and moving to T-mobile 30 dollar plan. So how do the networks compare and the phones?
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Well theoretically you can get 42 mb/s down on T-mo HSPA+ Although I have gotten like a max of close to 10 mb/s down which isn't bad. From what I have read though Sprint's WiMAX is worse than T-mo's HSPA. IMO T-mo is the better plan anyways since if you want a new phone all you have to do is get a different GSM phone (unlocked or T-mo locked) and pop your sim in and it works. But as far as speeds go for each network it's really gonna depend on your location...
 
marc12868 said:
Well theoretically you can get 42 mb/s down on T-mo HSPA+ Although I have gotten like a max of close to 10 mb/s down which isn't bad. From what I have read though Sprint's WiMAX is worse than T-mo's HSPA. IMO T-mo is the better plan anyways since if you want a new phone all you have to do is get a different GSM phone (unlocked or T-mo locked) and pop your sim in and it works. But as far as speeds go for each network it's really gonna depend on your location...
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Unlocked AT&T phones will only get 3G speeds though. That's the problem my fiancee had. I don't know if that's with all unlocked AT&T phones but that was the killer.

Plus if you go over a certain amount of data usage, Can't they start charging you extra or cut you off completely?

I just remember reading a lot of fine print...
 
septembersrain said:
Unlocked AT&T phones will only get 3G speeds though. That's the problem my fiancee had. I don't know if that's with all unlocked AT&T phones but that was the killer.

Plus if you go over a certain amount of data usage, Can't they start charging you extra or cut you off completely?

I just remember reading a lot of fine print...
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2g.... I wish 3g, although they are in the process of totally reforming their 1900mhz band (which is 2g BTW) to be able to run their 3g/ HSPA network (mainly for the iPhone since T-mo isn't getting the iPhone although it will affect any phone that runs on the 1900mhz band. Like AT&T phones and even International devices.)

And they can throttle you to 2g speeds after you reach your softcap, but that's as much as they can do I'm fairly certain... (unless you're tethering without paying the $15 a month extra for the plan then they can cut you off id they feel like it). And if you manage to use a whole bunch of data on 2g to even try to get cut off I would be amazed... 2g is as slow as molasses... Although molasses is probably faster lol
 
Strange, just went to check on virgin mobile website. The 4g coverage in my area is greater than the 3g.
 
marc12868 said:
Well theoretically you can get 42 mb/s down on T-mo HSPA+ Although I have gotten like a max of close to 10 mb/s down which isn't bad. From what I have read though Sprint's WiMAX is worse than T-mo's HSPA. IMO T-mo is the better plan anyways since if you want a new phone all you have to do is get a different GSM phone (unlocked or T-mo locked) and pop your sim in and it works. But as far as speeds go for each network it's really gonna depend on your location...
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You getting 10mb/s on HSPA+ i've gotten close to that on 3G around 7mbps. Really carriers shouldn't label their "4G" service 4G...maybe 3.5G (LTE, WiMax,etc) FCC standard for actual 4G service is 100mbps download and upload. Regardless if your using HSPA, LTE, WiMax none of us has ever seen 100mbps 4G connections on our phones and probably won't for years to come. Some areas are lucky to get 2g service lol
 
Haha this sucks 4G in Wisconsin is usable,,,, by sprint only so the clear.com maps is useless unless.... Unless this is only from Wisconsin, anyone live in a different state that is listed in the long post the Page before that live in a small town with 4G to confirm this?
 
Virginmobileguy said:
Hey guys,
I been searching around the web for a wimax coverage map so look up the availability of WiMax 4g in my area Hollywood California and Los Angeles can anyone pin point me the right direction to check the service in my area thank you.


>JA
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Cell Phone Coverage - Check Cell Phone Coverage | Virgin Mobile

we have Wi-Max and this is the actual coverage map for Wi-Max from Virgin Mobile which is pretty accurate for me, I'm in Milwaukee, WI and have no 4g (wimax) but if I go 45mins south I do, lol...
 

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I call shenanigans on that clear map lol. I'm in a dark green area less than a quarter mile from the tower. I have no 4g. Maybe outside my apartment?
It's all good though, I didn't get the phone for 4gness.
 
Wow, that's just frickin' funny. Where I live (near Asheville, NC), we have two - count 'em, two stretches of Interstate 40 with 4G! Each is about two miles long. Woo Hoo!
 
jmatherly411 said:
Sprint has quietly turned on WiMax 4G quite a few places before they decided to dump WiMax and go with LTE. Maybe this will help you guys out..

ALABAMA: Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile (very limited), Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Anniston, Gadsden, Decatur, Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Jackson, Enterprise, Prattville, Selma, Auburn, Demopolis, Bessemer, Hoover, Alabaster, Jasper, Alexandria, Fort Payne, Athens
ALASKA: No 4G service at all! ••L
ARIZONA: Phoenix (very limited on the north side), Tucson (very limited), Mesa (limited), Chandler (limited), Flagstaff, Prescott, Lake Havasu City, Yuma, Nogales (limited), Sierra Vista/Fort Huachuca (limited), Casa Grande, Globe, Kingman, Bullhead City
ARKANSAS: Little Rock (limited), Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Rogers, Springdale, Pine Bluff, Magnolia, El Dorado, Malvern, Conway, Jacksonville, Forest City, Searcy, Russellville, Jonesboro, Paragould, Blytheville
CALIFORNIA: Fresno (limited), Bakersfield, Santa Rosa (NW), Santa Barbara (limited), Salinas, Eureka, Arcata, Yuba City/Marysville, Ridgecrest, Santa Maria, Sonora, Los Banos, Victorville, Hesperia, San Fernando, Indio, Escondido, Yucaipa, La Mesa, National City, La Jolla
COLORADO: Colorado Springs (very limited), Pueblo (limited), Grand Junction, Sterling, Greeley, Alamosa, La Junta
CONNECTICUT: Stamford, Darien, Norwalk, Trumbull, Shelton, Milford, Hamden, Waterbury, Wallingford Center, Middletown, Mystic (limited), New London, (limited), Windsor Locks
DELAWARE: Dover, Laurel
FLORIDA: Sarasota, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Ft. Walton Beach, Panama City, Gainesville, Ocala, Bradenton, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Brooksville, Milton, Lake City, Newberry, Belleview, Lady Lake, Niceville, Vero Beach, Port St. Lucie, Venice (east), Sebring, Bonita Springs, Long Sound, Key West
GEORGIA: Savannah, Augusta (limited), Macon (limited), Columbus (limited), Dalton, Rome, Athens, Gainesville, Albany, Valdosta, Brunswick, Lagrange, Warner Robins, Americus, Hinesville, Douglas, Tifton, Moultrie, Waycross, Thomasville
HAWAII: Lihue (Kauai), Schofield Barracks (Oahu), Lanai City (Lanai), Kihei (Maui), Kahului (Maui), Lahaina (Maui), Pukalani (Maui), Hilo (Hawaii), Kailua-Kona (Hawaii)
IDAHO: Coeur d’ Alene
ILLINOIS: Springfield, Peoria, Bloomington/Normal, Champaign/Urbana, Decatur, Danville, Freeport, Sterling, Peru, Galesburg, Jacksonville, Quincy, Mattoon, Charleston, Effingham, Centralia, Olney, Mt. Vernon, Marion, Carbondale, Murphysboro
INDIANA: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Elkhart, Lafayette, Terre Haute Marion, Kokomo, Muncie, Anderson, Columbus, Bloomington, New Castle, Connersville, Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington, Seymour, Madison, Clarksville
IOWA: Council Bluffs, Davenport, Oelwein
KANSAS: Wichita, Topeka, Hutchinson, Manhattan, Lawrence, Salina, Great Bend, Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal, Pratt, Hays, Russell, Ellsworth, Concordia, Abilene, Atchison, Pittsburg, Parson, Coffeyville, Independence, Emporia
KENTUCKY: Louisville, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Paducah, Ashland, Mayfield, Murray, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Franklin, Middlesboro, Elizabethtown, Harlan,
LOUISIANA: New Orleans (limited), Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, Alexandria, New Iberia, Kenner, Metarie, Slidell, Hammond, Houma, Thibodaux, Opelousas, Leesville/Fort Polk, Natchitoches, Ruston, Tallulah
MAINE: Portland, Bangor, Auburn, Lewiston, Augusta (south), Rockland, Sanford, Saco, South Paris, Waterville, Belfast, Orono, Houlton, Presque Isle, Ellsworth
MARYLAND: Salisbury, Frederick, Hagerstown
MASSACHUSETTS: Springfield, Worcester, Lowell, Lawrence, East Falmouth, Harwich, Leominster, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Pittsfield, Adams
MICHIGAN: Lansing, Detroit (Urban), Southfield, Warren, Roseville, Clinton Township, Sterling Heights, Jackson, Flint, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor, Muskegon, Port Huron, Garden City, Adrian, Plainwell, Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette, Ishpeming, Negaunee, Menominee, Iron Mountain, Ironwood, Houghton, Hancock
MINNESOTA: Rochester, Mankato, Windom, Worthington, New Ulm, St. James, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Alexandria, Glenwood, Moorhead, Park Rapids, Hibbing
MISSISSIPPI: Jackson, Ridgeland, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Meridian, Vicksburg, Natchez, Tupelo, Hattiesburg (limited), Oxford, Columbus, Starkville, Greenwood, Corinth, Ripley, Booneville, Ripley, New Albany, Amory, Aberdeen, Kosciusko, Grenada, Yazoo City, Philadelphia, Newton, McComb, Laurel, Waynesboro,
MISSOURI: Springfield (South), Joplin, Columbia, Jefferson City, St. Joseph, Kirksville, Cape Girardeau (limited), Caruthersville, Sikeston, Waynesville, Rolla, Concordia, Sedalia, Boonville, Fulton, Hannibal, Stewartsville, Union Star,
MONTANA: Kalispell, Great Falls, Helena, Billings
NEBRASKA: Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, Grand Island, Lexington, Fairbury, York, Columbus, Scottsbluff,
NEVADA: Laughlin, Indian Springs, Searchlight
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Manchester (limited), Nashua, Londonderry, Lebanon
NEW JERSEY: Atlantic City
NEW MEXICO: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Alamogordo, Las Vegas, Farmington, Carlsbad
NEW YORK: Buffalo (very limited), Albany (limited), Utica (limited), Binghamton, Corning, Ithaca, Rome (limited), Troy (limited), Poughkeepsie (limited), North Tonawanda, Horseheads, Salamanca, Wellsville, Hornell, Bath, Cortland, New Hartford, Ogdensburg, Saugerties
NORTH CAROLINA: Asheville, Fayetteville/Fort Bragg (limited), Wilmington, Jacksonville, Greenville, Goldsboro, Moorhead City, New Bern, Kinston, Hickory, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Lumberton, Laurinburg, Rockingham, Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Sanford, Albemarle, Elizabeth City, Roanoke Rapids, Eden, Waynesville, Black Mountain
NORTH DAKOTA: Fargo (limited)
OHIO: Toledo, Youngstown, Canton, Massillon, Findlay, Athens, Calcutta, Marietta, New Philadelphia, Mansfield, Salem, Warren, Ashtabula, Ironton
OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma City (20%), Tulsa (20%), Edmond (limited), Norman, Stillwater, Ardmore, Altus, Lawton, Frederick, Duncan, Ada, Elk City, Weatherford, Woodward, Enid, Ponca City, Bartlesville, Miami, Tahlequah, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Stigler, Poteau
OREGON: Corvallis, Pendleton, Hermiston, Coos Bay
PENNSYLVANIA: Erie, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Altoona (limited), Shamokin, Sunbury, Northumberland, Lewistown, Milton, State College, Indiana, Punxsutawney, Dubois, Elwood City, New Castle, Sharon, Franklin, Oil City, Ridgway, St. Mary’s Emporium, Williamsport,
PUERTO RICO: San Juan, Carolina, Ponce (limited), Bayamon
RHODE ISLAND: No new cities, but 50% of the state already covered.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg, Conway, Summerville, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, Florence, Newberry, Hartsville, Greer
SOUTH DAKOTA: Rapid City, Sioux Falls (very limited)
TENNESSEE: Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga (very limited), Tri-Cities, Jackson, Clarksville, Rogersville, Greeneville, Morristown, Newport, Maryville, Athens, Cleveland, Tullahoma, Lawrenceburg, Savannah, Humboldt, Milan, Union City
TEXAS: Beaumont, El Paso (very limited), Tyler, Texarkana, Laredo, Galveston, Texas City, Big Spring, Gainesville, Sherman, Paris, Mt. Pleasant, Marshall, Athens, Ennis, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Huntsville, Bryan, Brenham, Gonzales, Victoria, Beeville, Kingville, Edinburg, Mc Allen, Brownsville, Pearsall, Uvalde, Lampasas, Comanche
UTAH: No new cities. ••L
VERMONT: Burlington, White River Junction
VIRGINIA: Norfolk (limited), Virginia Beach (limited), Portsmouth (very limited), Hampton (very limited), Newport News, Danville, Lynchburg (limited), Roanoke (very limited), Bristol, Blacksburg, Radford, Salem, Martinsville, Collinsville, Williamsburg, Gloucester, Onancock, Harrisonburg, Fredericksburg, Winchester
WASHINGTON: Spokane, Olympia, Walla Walla, Moses Lake, Sequim, Port Angeles
WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston (limited), Huntington/Tri-Cities, Parkersburg, St. Albans, Inwood, East Liverpool
WISCONSIN: Milwaukee (widely scattered), Madison, La Crosse, Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Wausau, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Beloit, Hurley, Niagara, Marinette, Onalaska, Tomah
WYOMING: Cheyenne (very limited), Casper (very limited), Sheridan, Riverton, Green River, Rock Springs,

NOTE: Some of these towns/cities are considered "protection sites," meaning that they have installed only one tower normally in the populated area of a city or town to cover their FCC license.
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Don't get my hopes up man. I thought when Sprint dumped 4G and gave it to VM, they also got rid of 4G service in some areas(Finishing their contract with Clearwire is what caused this). I had also read a article about Sprint's coverage map not showing 4G in some areas anymore like Michigan
(At least in Detroit). I'm moving Michigan sometime next month, and I wanted to know if they have 4G over there or not. In the mean time, I'm going to do my own research using the best search engine in the world(also called Google).
Edit: Found my proof : http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-v-4g/562694-sprint-evo-3d-virgin.html#post4600131 I was correct about Detroit not having 4G anymore.
 
wncken said:
Wow, that's just frickin' funny. Where I live (near Asheville, NC), we have two - count 'em, two stretches of Interstate 40 with 4G! Each is about two miles long. Woo Hoo!
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Haha I live in Kernersville, NC and supposedly we have it all over cause we're right on the 40...yeah not so much. but congrats on your on the road 4g hahaha
 
jmatherly411 said:
You getting 10mb/s on HSPA+ i've gotten close to that on 3G around 7mbps. Really carriers shouldn't label their "4G" service 4G...maybe 3.5G (LTE, WiMax,etc) FCC standard for actual 4G service is 100mbps download and upload. Regardless if your using HSPA, LTE, WiMax none of us has ever seen 100mbps 4G connections on our phones and probably won't for years to come. Some areas are lucky to get 2g service lol
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Congrats on getting 7mbps on 3G, I wasn't getting that kind of speed on WiMax. And I was lucky if I got even 1mbps on 3G with VM -- typically my speeds were in the 300kbps range, sometimes dropping to dial up speeds (50 kbps).

I've been pretty happy with T-Mobile. I get faster speeds than I was getting with WiMax on VM and don't have to turn on an extra antenna to get those speeds.
 
mogelijk said:
Congrats on getting 7mbps on 3G, I wasn't getting that kind of speed on WiMax. And I was lucky if I got even 1mbps on 3G with VM -- typically my speeds were in the 300kbps range, sometimes dropping to dial up speeds (50 kbps).

I've been pretty happy with T-Mobile. I get faster speeds than I was getting with WiMax on VM and don't have to turn on an extra antenna to get those speeds.
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Nice this must have just been updated, because a week ago the only place I got 4g was at my house.
 
I live a mile from BWI airport (Baltimore area) and the maps have always shown 4G for us but I'll be damned if I have ever been able to connect to 4G. I consider myself lucky to even receive a call or text message anymore. Sprint service as a whole sucks miserably anymore. I'm really considering leaving them for Verizon.
 
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